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Encyclopedia > Antelope Island
A herd of bison on Antelope Island.
Fielding Garr Ranch on Antelope Island.
Coast of Antelope Island as seen from the causeway.

Antelope Island, with an area of 42 square miles (68 km²), is the largest island in the Great Salt Lake, the largest lake in the Western United States.[1] The island lies entirely within Davis County, in the southeastern portion of the lake and becomes a peninsula when the lake is at extremely low levels. Antelope Island holds populations of pronghorn antelope, bighorn sheep, 600 American Bison and millions of waterfowl. The Bison were introduced to the island in 1893, and have proven to be a valuable genetic pool for Bison breeding and conservation purposes. A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Great Salt Lake, located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah, is the largest salt lake in the Western Hemisphere,[1] the fourth-largest terminal lake in the world,[2] and the 33rd largest lake on Earth. ... For other uses, see Lake (disambiguation). ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... For the Davis County Cooperative Society, see Latter Day Church of Christ. ... A peninsula in Croatia A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered on three or more sides by water. ... Binomial name Antilocapra americana Ord, 1815 The pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) is the only surviving member of the family Antilocapridae, and the fastest land animal in North America running at speeds up to 54 mph (90 km/h). ... Binomial name Shaw, 1804 Synonyms Desmarest Cuvier[1] Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis)[2] is one of three species of mountain sheep in North America and Siberia; the other two species being Ovis dalli, that includes Dall Sheep and Stones Sheep, and the Siberian Snow sheep Ovis nivicola. ... Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies B. b. ...


State Park

Antelope Island State Park is a state park located on the island, established in 1981, part of the Utah State Parks System. The island is accessible via a 7 mile (11 km) causeway from Syracuse in Davis County. Access from I-15 is via Exit 332,[2] Syracuse/Antelope Drive (SR-108). The island's shore is mostly (all but west side of the island), relatively flat with beaches and plains to the base of the mountains on the island. These steep mountains are visible from most of the northern Wasatch Front, reaching a maximum elevation of 6,596 ft (2,010 m), which is about 2,500 feet above the level of the lake. State park is a term used in the United States and in Mexico for an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, recreation, or other reason, and under the administration of the government of a U.S. state or one of the states of Mexico. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Hindenburgdamm rail causeway across the Wadden Sea to the island of Sylt in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany In modern usage, a causeway is a road or railway elevated by a bank, usually across a broad body of water or wetland. ... Syracuse is a city in Davis County, Utah, between the Great Salt Lake and Interstate 15, about 25 miles north of Salt Lake City. ... For the Davis County Cooperative Society, see Latter Day Church of Christ. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Interstate 15 “I-15” redirects here. ... The Wasatch Front is an urban area in the U.S. state of Utah. ...


Antelope Island State Park operates a 10 watt travelers information station on 530 kHz AM. The transmitter is located on the south side of the causeway close to the island itself. This station can be heard in nearby Ogden and as far south as Salt Lake City, Utah. [3] It carries information about the park's hours of operation, as well as promotes upcoming events that the state park coordinates.[4] For other uses, see Watt (disambiguation). ... Low-power broadcasting is the concept of broadcasting at very low power and low cost, to a small community area. ... A kilohertz (kHz) is a unit of frequency equal to 1,000 hertz (1,000 cycles per second). ... Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ... Ogden sign over Washington Boulevard at the Ogden River; toward downtown Ogden is the county seat of Weber County,GR6 Utah, United States. ... For ships of the United States Navy of the same name, see USS Salt Lake City. ...


Notes

  1. ^ Czerny, Peter G. (1976). The great Great Salt Lake. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press. ISBN 0-8425-1073-7
  2. ^ UDOT Milepost Project: Progress Detail I-15
  3. ^ Salt Lake City DX Log
  4. ^ WPWA752 Traveler's Information Station Transmitter Site

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